jmeter exit code in bash script always returns 0

Question

Using jmeter in a bash script, how can I manage that it returns a non zero value if any assertion failed?

jmeter -n -t someFile.jmx
echo $?

# always returns 0, even if an assertion failed

I tried with a Bean Shell Assertion using the script:

if (ResponseCode.equals("200") == false) {
  System.exit(-1);
}

But this does not even return 0, it just kills the process (I guess?)

May anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

Put the following code in JSR223 Element

System.exit(1);

It will return error level 1 which will be displayed in Linux when executing echo $?

Answer 2

In case you only care about jmeter returning exit code when errors are found, you can check the .log for lines with error afterwards:

test $(grep -c ERROR jmeter.log) -eq 0

If you call echo $?, you can see it returns 1 if errors are found and 0, if not.